Spring 2014

Table of Contents

02  

From the Center

04  

Calendar

05  

Editor’s Note Dave Mance III

06  

Letters to the Editors

09  

Birds in Focus: Repro-duck-tion Bryan Pfeiffer

11  

Woods Whys: Why Is It So Hard To Grow Street and Yard Trees? Michael Snyder

13  

Tracking Tips: Bear Families in Spring Susan C. Morse

14  

Knots and Bolts

 

Spring Nectar: Black Locust Blossoms Benjamin Lord

 

Fantastic Animals of the Northeast Rachel Sargent

 

Managing for a Mix Patrick White

 

Maple Minus Forest Joshua Brown

23  

1,000 Words Mary Holland

24  

A Maple Bubble? How the Syrup Market Works, and What It All Might Mean Dave Sherwood

34  

Night Flyers: North American Silk Moths Face Invasive Challenge Meghan McCarthy McPhaul

40  

The Pisgah Forest: Harvard’s Living Laboratory David Foster

52  

The Overstory: Silver Maple Virginia Barlow

56  

Where the Wood Flows North (And south. And east. And west.) Joe Rankin

62  

Field Work: At Work Starting (and Putting Out) Fires with Fire Management Services Dave Mance III

65  

Upcountry Robert Kimber

66  

Discoveries

 

Conflicting Carbon Conclusion Todd McLeish

 

Surveillance for Survival Todd McLeish

 

Temperature and Timing Todd McLeish

71  

Tricks of the Trade: Building a Better Peavey Brett R. McLeod

72  

WoodLit

79  

Outdoor Palette Adelaide Tyrol

80  

A Place in Mind Sarah Kilch Gaffney